by Ranti Joseph
Aggrieved aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) across the country have demanded refund of their nomination fees and money spent on mobilisation during primaries.
They had threatened not to work for the PDP and its candidates until their demands were met.
The aspirants who met in Abuja on Saturday under the aegis of PDP Aspirants Forum ( PAF), claimed that the party played a fast one on them during the primaries and wondered why PDP allowed them to pay nomination fees and mobilise supporters when it knew they were preferred candidates.
It was learnt that President Goodluck Jonathan, sensing disastrous outcome in the forthcoming elections for the party , has commenced moves to pacify the aggrieved aspirants.
They insisted that they would not allow the party to use them again. The aspirants maintained they will not work for persons who robbed them of their rights.
Tunde Adeniran and a traditional ruler from Bayelsa State, Asara Asara, pleaded with the aspirants to bury the hatchets and ensure that PDP does not suffer further slide as elections approach.
They appealed to them to hear out the President first while commending the aggrieved aspirants for not defecting despite the perceived injustices against them .
The aspirants, who took turns to bear their minds, said the first step for reconciliation should be refund of the money for obtaining forms and writing off other expenses incurred.
“The leadership of the party had carried on as if nothing happened and without due regard to aspirants who invested resources and time in building our party,” The interim Head of Secretariat of PAF, Richard Lamai, said.
